Pussyfoot Christians all around are claiming it was satanic and evil that all the speakers didn't tow the head bowing line of "I forgive the assassin and all the leftoids who want me dead"
Well, of course the Church of Nice™ would do that, fuck them. I did like the immediate contrast between Kirk's widow Erika saying she forgave the assassin and Trump bluntly stating he hates his enemies & doesn't wish the best for them though. These concepts have been long-lost in translation between the ages, but Christian thought used to draw firm distinctions between forgiveness (which is for the wronged party, that they might move on with their lives without vengeance consuming them); mercy (which is for the guilty party and only to be dispensed under certain circumstances, not unconditionally); and justice (which must be administered before mercy can even be considered).
The widow forgave her husband's killer, fine, that's her personal decision. But the state, here represented by Trump, still has the responsibility of administering justice regardless of her personal feelings. And the only mercy Robinson deserves for the crime of murdering a man who had done him no wrong save spouting opinions to the right of Mao, in the exceedingly unlikely event that he were to repent, is a quick death rather than a slow and torturous one. I don't think it was intentional, but it was also a symbolic moment IMO when the grieving widow - after all her words of forgiveness - still ended up leaning on the man who symbolized the sword of lawful authority & had expressed his determination to seek unforgiving justice.
Pussyfoot Christians all around are claiming it was satanic and evil that all the speakers didn't tow the head bowing line of "I forgive the assassin and all the leftoids who want me dead"
Well, of course the Church of Nice™ would do that, fuck them. I did like the immediate contrast between Kirk's widow Erika saying she forgave the assassin and Trump bluntly stating he hates his enemies & doesn't wish the best for them though. These concepts have been long-lost in translation between the ages, but Christian thought used to draw firm distinctions between forgiveness (which is for the wronged party, that they might move on with their lives without vengeance consuming them); mercy (which is for the guilty party and only to be dispensed under certain circumstances, not unconditionally); and justice (which must be administered before mercy can even be considered).
The widow forgave her husband's killer, fine, that's her personal decision. But the state, here represented by Trump, still has the responsibility of administering justice regardless of her personal feelings. And the only mercy Robinson deserves for the crime of murdering a man who had done him no wrong save spouting opinions to the right of Mao, in the exceedingly unlikely event that he were to repent, is a quick death rather than a slow and torturous one. I don't think it was intentional, but it was also a symbolic moment IMO when the grieving widow - after all her words of forgiveness - still ended up leaning on the man who symbolized the sword of lawful authority & had expressed his determination to seek unforgiving justice.
Christians would do well to remember the words executioners engraved on the blades with which they did their necessary duty in history: 'When this sword I do lift, - I wish the sinner eternal life as gift.'
They church of nice is the biggest obstacle to the crusades in modern times.
She was probably visited by those "Community Relations Services", and told that if she did not forgive, her children would be next.
Psalm 139:19-24.